RIP O-Block

[King Poetic]

Bad thing about this like @prime said, these nikkas just going to bring their ignorance to another neighborhood and even worse most of them nikkas going to be living among their current enemies

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Housing projects get torn down all the time

 

[ISO]

Also, for all the bytching about weather, Chicago Winters have seemed to be mild as hell the past few years. This could 100% be bias but I can't even count on snow being on the ground by Christmas like I could as a kid. All this and a great lake makes this prime real estate. Also, condos like this in East Garfield park for less than 200k

3113 W Warren Blvd #101, Chicago, IL 60612 | Zillow

3113 W Warren Blvd #101, Chicago IL, is a Condo home that contains 1325 sq ft and was built in 2006.It contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.This home last sold for $182,000 in December 2022. The Zestimate for this Condo is $231,100, which has increased by $8,800 in the last 30 days.The Rent...

www.zillow.com

That bytch 400+ in any neighborhood that I like. And that isn't even a stunner.

looks like a good investment property

 

[EndDomination]

Considering it's on the National Register of Historic Places, I have my doubts it is being demolished with a timeline that short.

I'd assumed it was Section 8 or HUD Project-Based housing, but apparently it's just low-income housing.

Are there any verifiable sources?

 

[ISO]

Considering it's on the National Register of Historic Places, I have my doubts it is being demolished with a timeline that short.

I'd assumed it was Section 8 or HUD Project-Based housing, but apparently it's just low-income housing.

Are there any verifiable sources?

It’s not a Chicago Housing Authority complex.

If it was in NY it would be considered a Mitchell Lama, affordable/low income housing complex not a straight up project. I’m pretty sure everyone there has a Section 8 voucher.

 

[ISO]

This is interesting and actually not a hood look for the community lol

Crack must have did it’s number and destroyed this community.

I don’t know why people from there call it “projects” but that’s what happens when you don’t know your history.

Some background…

Built in the 1950s, Parkway Garden Homes was the first housing cooperative in Chicago that was owned and operated by middle-class black professionals. The 13-acre complex offered quality affordable housing during an era when discriminatory redlining practices were commonplace. Parkway Gardens shifted from cooperative ownership to HUD management in the 1970s and to private ownership in the 1980s. Following the change in ownership, the property deteriorated because of a lack of investment in modernization and maintenance. Crime rates also increased between the late 1980s and 2011. With the goal of re-establishing safety and housing quality on the property and in the community, Related Midwest — the Chicago affiliate of national real estate firm Related Companies and a major affordable housing and mixed-use developer known for its expertise in preservation projects — purchased Parkway Gardens in 2011. The company completed a significant renovation of the property in September 2013, preserving a site with historical significance and providing an affordable place for 2,000 people to live. This renovation of Parkway Gardens received the 2014 Chicago Neighborhood Development Award for Outstanding For-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago.

 

[RARI_Godwind]

No..

The forced relocation of hundreds of families without concern to who anyone was related to wasnt a catalyst to poverty and gang warfare in Chicago?

 

[Mowgli]

All that mayhem, probably got sold for cheap too.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Wonderful news.....

 

[tater]

Property value going up

 

[ISO]

Also why would they demolish a perfectly good housing complex that was renovated just 10 years ago

 

[BrothaZay]

The forced relocation of hundreds of families without concern to who anyone was related to wasnt a catalyst to poverty and gang warfare in Chicago?

Not what you initially said.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Also why would they demolish a perfectly good housing complex that was renovated just 10 years ago

Ain’t nothing “perfect good” about those ugly ass commie blocks.

Cities are looking to get rid all of these outdated mid-20th century Brutalist buildings. They’re also looking get rid of massive highways to make cities more dense and walkable.

Post-WWII architecture.

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Chicago will be gentrified completely one day. It’s a gorgeous city. They’re not gonna keep letting those crazy muthafukkas run wild. Give it another 10-15 years.

Certain houses the are cheap to so the question then becomes what are nikkas gonna do. Can't sit on your hands and then bemoan gentrification, same goes for Detroit another renowned city but sleeping giant

 

[ISO]

Ain’t nothing “perfect good” about those ugly ass commie blocks.

Cities are looking to get rid all of these outdated mid-20th century Brutalist buildings. They’re also looking get rid of massive highways to make cities more dense and walkable.

Post-WWII architecture.

bro regardless of how you feel about the architectural style thousands of families live there and it was all renovated recently so why would it be demolished



Apartments actually look spacious and decent on the inside